Supporting the troops: Female airman charged after refusing to testify in her rape case
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Wally
1:27 PM
A court-martial is scheduled next month for a female airman who said she was charged after she declined to testify against three men she accused of rape.
The woman is charged with one count of committing indecent acts and one count of consuming alcohol as a minor. The military declined to identify the men or confirm whether they were ever charged because the case in pending, said base spokesman Ed Drohan.
In her letter, the woman said she was partially clothed when she fled the room May 13, 2006. She said she reported the incident and was given a medical examination.
She said the three male airmen were charged with rape, but the charges were dropped after she refused to testify. So let me get this straight. She was in her room, serving her country, carrying out her duty like a good American when three guys attack her. Instead of going after her assailants for their criminal behavior, and to prevent other women from facing the same ordeal, the Air Force harrassed and intimidated her to prevent her from testifying against them. Now she's the one being charged with a crime, facing time in prison, and having to register as a sex offender for running away from them and trying to escape being raped? Was she just supposed to lay there and take it? Hey Air Force, why don't you just fucking stone her to death like they do in Iran?
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